Honest signalling and the billboard effect: how Heliconiid pollinators respond to the trichromatic colour changing <i>Lantana camara</i> L. (Verbenaceae)

Plants communicate with their pollinators through an astonishing range of signals that serve as either honest or deceptive cues which draw in and inform potential visitors of possible rewards. In wild type sweet sage, Lantana camara, floral colour signals were associated with nectar volume and sucro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gyanpriya Maharaj, Godfrey Bourne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Enviroquest Ltd. 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Pollination Ecology
Online Access:https://pollinationecology.org/index.php/jpe/article/view/400